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About this extension

Generates Enterprise Policies for Firefox.

With Firefox 60 and Firefox ESR 60, Mozilla has introduced the so-called Enterprise Policy Engine. The Enterprise Policy Engine allows administrators to configure Firefox via a configuration file. The advantage of this configuration file over Group Policy Objects (GPO) is that this method does not only work on Windows, but cross-platform on Windows, Apple macOS and Linux.

Although this extension is not directly related to the CCK2 Wizard, it shares the same idea as CCK2 Wizard, but it is for Firefox Quantum and Enterprise Policies. The Enterprise Policy Generator helps to create the configuration file, so that no in-depth study of the documentation and all possible options is necessary. Administrators can simply click together the desired Enterprise Policies.

Please note: Enterprise Policy Generator offers a download of the configuration file but for security reasons WebExtensions are not allowed to write files into the installation directory of Firefox so you have to copy the file manually.

Enterprise Policy Generator is a WebExtension and compatible with Firefox Quantum (Firefox 60 and later).

Features

simply click together the desired Enterprise Policies

supports all policies which are supported by Firefox 60

validation for mandatory fields

special marking of policies that only work with Firefox ESR

info links for some policies to get additional information

you can save any number of different configurations, load them at a later time (and of course delete them)

If a policy requires a newer version than Firefox 60.0 or Firefox ESR 60.0 a notice is displayed

Shortcuts

The interface can be accessed via the toolbar button or the keyboard. For this purpose the combination Shift + F10 is reserved. Or you can open the interface via a menu entry in the tools menu.

Planned features

There are already some features planned for the future. You can find the roadmap and request new features in the issues tracker.

Languages

The extension is currently available in the following languages:

English

German

French (Thanks, Rom!)

Simplified Chinese (Thanks, fang5566 and yfdyh000!)

Upper Sorbian (Thanks, milupo!)

Lower Sorbian (Thanks, milupo!)

Permissions

Enterprise Policy Generator needs several permissions to work properly. To give you full transparency this overview also lists “silent“ permissions.

Mandatory permissions:

No special permissions are needed to install and use Enterprise Policy Generator!

optional permissions

This permission is not needed to install and use Enterprise Policy Generator but Enterprise Policy Generator will ask you at runtime once the following permissions is needed:

- download files and read and modify the browser's download history

This permission is needed for providing the option to download the generated “policies.json” file.

Silent permissions:

Enterprise Policy Generator needs some more permissions, but Firefox does not prompt for the following permissions:

- menus

The menus permission is needed for providing a menu entry in the tools menu to access Enterprise Policy Generator's user interface.

- storage (since 2.0.0)

The storage permission is needed so that you can save and load configurations.

Compatibility

Enterprise Policy Generator requires at least Firefox 60. Because the add-on is a tool for the new Enterprise Policy Engine, there is no point in supporting older versions of Firefox.

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